Crisis building in Afghanistan, secret report says

Corruption, violence increasing

The report, a nearly completed version of a National Intelligence Estimate, is set to be finished after the November elections and will be the most comprehensive American assessment in years on Afghanistan. Its conclusions represent a harsh verdict on decision-making in the Bush administration, which made Afghanistan the central focus of a global campaign against terrorism after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. Full Story »

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by Dwight Rousu - Oct. 9, 2008

The leaks about the NIE on Afghanistan are required to bring reality to people listening to Bush and McCain and Obama. None of them seem to dare to be honest with voters.

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